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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires DEP to establish voluntary guidelines for K-12 schools and institutions of higher education to reduce, recover, and recycle food waste; extends \"Food Bank Good Samaritan Act\" immunity protections to public and nonpublic schools.*"
+description: "Requires DEP to establish voluntary guidelines for K-12 schools and institutions of higher education to reduce, recover, and recycle food waste; extends \"Food Bank Good Samaritan Act\" immunity protections to public and nonpublic schools.*"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "217"
+identifier: "A 3056"
+citation: "New Jersey A 3056 (217)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "FARMLAND", "FOOD"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Allen, Diane B.", "Andrzejczak, Bob", "Bateman, Christopher", "Dancer, Ronald S.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Houghtaling, Eric", "Smith, Bob", "Space, Parker", "Taliaferro, Adam J.", "Webber, Jay", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2016-02-16T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38c1d875-1cce-4d6a-ba65-f444d713a3e5"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "b858262d08817cb06a3358e3fc2622255d796156bc07980eca3c6aeebf939a0b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey A 3056 (217) — Requires DEP to establish voluntary guidelines for K-12 schools and institutions of higher education to reduce, recover, and recycle food waste; extends "Food Bank Good Samaritan Act" immunity protections to public and nonpublic schools.*
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A3500/3056_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A3500/3056_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Allen, Diane B. — primary (person)
+- Andrzejczak, Bob — primary (person)
+- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
+- Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
+- Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
+- Smith, Bob — primary (person)
+- Space, Parker — primary (person)
+- Taliaferro, Adam J. — primary (person)
+- Webber, Jay — primary (person)
+- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
+- Auth, Robert — cosponsor (person)
+- Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
+- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
+- Clifton, Robert D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
+- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Handlin, Amy H. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Munoz, Nancy F. — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliver, Sheila Y. — cosponsor (person)
+- Phoebus, Gail — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Schepisi, Holly T. — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2016-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
+- **2016-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2360/3030 (SCS)
+- **2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
+- **2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
+- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (78-0-0) `passage`
+- **2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.210. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38c1d875-1cce-4d6a-ba65-f444d713a3e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+